kennedys. i mean, really, they had this very highly evolved sense of entitlement. and we had to work on that. we had to correct that. and i think there are some good spaces right now. >> no sense of entitlement. we want kids to work hard for everything, but we have to switch gears sometimes in our own parenting to make sure when we're off track, we're getting them back on track. chris gardner, really nice to see you, as always, thank you, and happy father's day to you. >> hey. thank you, and happy father's day to all the single parents in the country. >> absolutely. thank you. >> that wraps things up for us this morning. find me on facebook and twitter at christine romans. let's head back down to atlanta with the top stories of the day and cnn saturday. from cnn's world headquarters, bringing you news and analysis from across the nation and around the globe, live from studio 7, this is cnn saturday morning with t.j. holmes. and good morning to you all. the casey anthony murder trial

is under way, as we speak. you are seeing a live picture inside the courtroom, but we're going to find out what's happening inside, but also, a lot that's been happening outside. also, a lot of long lines and a lot of stranded passengers. united airlines saying it was a computer glitch. they say it's fixed now, but the pain may not be over for all of those passengers. from the cnn center in atlanta, georgia, this is your "cnn saturday morning." i'm t.j. holmes. thanks for spending part of your weekend with us. my buddy reynolds wolf will be along in just a moment. but first, there's speculation this morning about negotiations for a settlement in the long-running war in afghanistan. afghan television reports president hamid karzai told a youth group today that washington is involved in peace talks with the taliban. no word on that from washington just yet, but in the last hour, i asked our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr, about the possibility of such peace negotiations. >> reporter: i think it's pretty unlikely, you know, that bob

gates is sitting down with mullah omar directly across the table, you know, working out a peace agreement. not to say that this isn't a goal, to have some communication with taliban leaders and try and draw them back into the fold. one of the big problems right now is when you say the taliban, who are they? there are so many groups out there, there's so many different insurgent loyalties. just to say you're going to sit down with the taliban would be very tough, wouldn't really solve the problem. so the strategy that president obama's really going to talk about is, has there been enough governance, enough real improvement in the karzai government, in the afghan government, to make things work in that country enough so there's no room for the taliban to come back and rise to power? >> now, president obama is expected to make a major announcement next month regarding plans for troop withdrawals from afghanistan. meanwhile, it's happening right now, day 22 of the casey

anthony murder trial. people talk about what's happening in the courtroom, but a lot of focus on what's happening outside. look at this ugly scene. this was yesterday. these are these would-be court watchers. they've been fighting for a seat, to get inside and watch the trial. well, we shouldn't see anymore scenes like this one we saw yesterday. we'll tell you exactly why here in a second, but let's get details about what's happening inside the courtroom right now. a live picture here. they are in session on this saturday. casey anthony's attorneys are presenting their case. she, as you know, accused of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, caylee, back in 2008. david mattingly is keeping an eye on this case for us. he is live for us. david, what are we seeing so far this morning? >> reporter: well, t.j., we've only heard a few minutes of testimony today, and already it's turned out to be a very bad day for the defense. that's because the judge in this case has threatened the defense attorney, jose baez, with contempt. he may face those charges at the end of this trial because he called a witness to testify, to

offer testimony about details that had not been disclosed prior to this time. they had an agreement in place, where both sides had to depose their witnesses and then tell the other side what their expert witness was going to talk about. well, this expert witness got on the stand this morning and was going to talk about the duct tape that was found on caylee anthony's body. well, he hadn't talked in a deposition, in a report or anything like that to the prosecution about this in advance, so the judge said, you're violating my rules. you knew this was in place, and he really read the defense the riot act today. he told them that because of the gravity of this case, he's not going to disallow the witness, but he has to ask the witness now to step down, they're going to have to depose him and bring him back on monday. so really a bad morning for the defense. but now we've got a new star witness for the defense taking the stand right now. that's dr. werner spitz.

he is a -- he's going to be testifying about the cause of death. he is a forensic pathologist and he's going to be talking about, we believe, that he believes that caylee anthony died of drowning, not of suffocation. so that's going to be a very big point that the defense is going to be trying to make this morning, trying to rebound a little bit after the problems they've had this morning. t.j.? >> all right. david, wrap this up for me by explaining -- you explained what's happening inside the courtroom, but outside, some of those ugly scenes we've been seeing for people fighting for spots to try to get in and see this trial. we shouldn't see those ugly scenes anymore, because they kind of changed the rules out there. >> reporter: they are absolutely now a thing of the past. things are not going to be waiting in line all night anymore to be one of the first 50 in line for those coveted seats for the public inside the courtroom. the system that they have now, people will line up in the

afternoon. they will be given passes or their information will be taken, so that they will be allowed in the next morning. we're not going to be seeing people waiting in line overnight, there won't be any chance for anybody to cut in line, no more conflict. and actually, this is going to help out the people who want to get inside anyway. because yesterday, we saw some of the people who stayed up all night long in these lines actually falling asleep in court, and when that happens, the bailiff comes around and says, i'm sorry, you're going to have to leave. so the effort that they put into was for nothing when they weren't able to stay awake in court. so scenes like we saw yesterday, hopefully, now, a thing of the past. >> hope so. david mattingly, we appreciate you, as always. thanks so much. and to our viewers, you can watch special coverage of the casey anthony trial live today from 9:00 to 1:00 on our sister network, hln. we turn now to congresswoman gabrielle giffords. she's back home in tucson, arizona, this morning. this is the first time she was there since she was shot in

january. she and her husband, mark kelly, spending the the weekend with family. giffords was shot in the head during a meet and greet with constituents at a supermarket parking lot back in january. she was just released from a houston hospital earlier this week. kelly talked about how giffords felt leaving the hospital and her love of tucson. >> she wanted to leave, but she was a little bit, you know, a little bit apprehensive, a little bit of a sad day, but she was happy to get here. we had a very busy lifestyle, different places, so, you know, in any given year, she was here very rarely, but it's very familiar to her, so that's nice. and she's really looking forward to getting back to tucson. >> giffords' office says they hope this will be the first of many trips the back to tucson. she's expected back in houston early next week. a lot of people are flying today, as you know, and a lot of people might be delayed because of the lingering effects of a united states' computer glitch. united says that glitch fixed now, but the system went down

for several hours last night. thousands of people affected. united tried to process everybody by hand while the system was down. it didn't work so well. >> they couldn't tell me if they'd reimburse me for my hotel, they couldn't tell me if they'd reimburse me for a flight. they couldn't tell me if they'd reimburse me for a rental car if i decided to drive home. they couldn't tell me what the airline was going to do when the system came back up, if they were going to give us anything for our trouble or time. they couldn't tell me anything. >> i did get a statement from united airlines saying "united apologizes for the disruption caused to travelers at the affected airports and is re-accommodating travelers where necessary." the airline also said they were going to waive change fees for the stranded passengers. well, a lot of people out there are asking, how north dakota in the world could something like this happen -- an illegal immigrant allegedly steals another man's identity and uses it to get a job, of all places, at an airline as a flight attendant. police in miami took 38-year-old

jofan porter into custody yesterday. they say porter was working as a flight attendant and was arrested after his american eagle airlines flight returned from london. >> how can they do that? >> how come a company, a big company like that, you know, they should check that. >> the ability of the crooks to duplicate somebody's identity, they can get past almost any system. they can be anybody they want to be. >> they make us -- i don't know, it's crazy. >> the man porter was impersonating was applying for food stamps in new york when he discovered his i.d. had been stolen and he then alerted police. well, we turn to south georgia right now. a lot of people saying this kind of looks familiar. scenes reminiscent back in 2007, and that's when much of the area was charred by wildfires. now fast forward to today, 225,000 acres have burned in wildfires in the southern part of the state. forestry experts say lightning probably started these fires.

meanwhile, different scene -- a similar scene, but still different one over in arizona. looks like the situation there, believe it or not, is getting worse. red flag warnings posted for today and tomorrow. and talking about the wallow fire that has burned nearly half a million acres, but now there are three more fires that are burning in the extreme southeast corner of that state. time for us now to say good morning, for the first time, to reynolds wolf, keeping an eye on all things weather-related. good morning, sir. >> it is a rough thing to see, in both places, both in arizona and in florida. when i see what's happening in -- in georgia, when i see that in georgia, i say, my gosh, is it as bad as it was in 2001 or 2005? no, it's 2007. that's when it was really that bad. and i'll tell you something else. we'll see some issues in parts of georgia, also in the four corners, very dry conditions, very low humidity, at the same time. it's not only the nicer we've got, but it's also the strong winds that are going to be moving across phoenix, past albuquerque, blowing a lot of that smoke into places in the central plains. even people who happen to be in

parts of denver may detect a little bit of that smoke. that could cause a little bit of a problem, to say the least. another issue that we have, a lot of that moisture that could be beneficial for the fires, now moving into the central plains and parts of the mid-mississippi valley. we'll talk about that coming up next. t.j., let's kick it right back over to you. >> reynolds, appreciate you, as always, buddy. we'll be checking in with reynolds plenty throughout the morning. but at ten minutes past the hour, listen to this. in this economy, why in the world would somebody give up a job that's paying them $180,000 a year? why? to maybe save the jobs of two of their coworkers. that story and the guy who did it, that's next. i'm good about washing my face. but sometimes i wonder... what's left behind? [ female announcer ] new purifying facial cleanser

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all right. 14 minutes past the hour now. how many of you would, how many of you really could quit your job right now to save two other jobs of coworkers? i want to introduce you to a man who did just that. his name is dr. angelo militia. he was a principal making $180,000 a year at a school in philadelphia that teaches music. the school was ready to fire teachers to save money, but dr. militia stepped in, wouldn't let it happen. he ended up retiring to give up

his salary and save those teaching positions. he joins me now. sir, i appreciate you giving us some time. tell me, what gave you the idea? you weren't ready to retire, is that fair to say? >> that's fair to say. i think i had a couple of, at least a couple of years still left in me. >> now, why -- what gave you this idea? why go this route? >> well, you know, i had come to the budget table, a very, very difficult time in philadelphia, and i'm probably all over the nation with educational budgets, and i had figured out a budget, i had made a mistake, and when i walked away from the budget table, i had lost half of my music staff. well, at least two of them for sure. and it was a very devastating situation. i gave it some thought over the spring vacation and thought to

myself, maybe it's time for me to go. what could i do creatively with this. i made a proposal to my assistant principal about taking over for me, if i could make that happen, because we're two guys that share the same vision. and what i proposed to him was that if he took my place, there would be no assistant principal. >> so that's where the money is going to be saved. essentially, no assistant principal next year, but what about long-term? what about the year after that? do we know what could possibly happen? you just have your fingers crossed that the budget situation will get better? >> well, we're hoping. what this is turning out to be, and i'm very happy about this in a way, is that this positive press is maybe putting some light on the fact that the nation as well as the cities and the state really need to start looking very carefully at what our priorities are and need to

properly fund schools. >> that's a great point to make there. the teachers, how did they react to this news? >> the teachers were shocked, just by the fact that i was leaving, but then, you know, when they heard what was happening, they really did think that that was magnanimous. my biggest concern is that, you know, i don't want people getting the impression that the place can be run without two administrators. it's going to be a rough road next year, and that's my biggest concern. >> sir, we should say as well, there was an option for you with an early retirement plan, even though you were giving up what certainly is a good salary, many people would tell you, you had kind of a retirement plan, so you're not necessarily out in the streets, if you will. you still have some retirement coming in. >> exactly. yeah. this is not -- i didn't cut off my salary completely to save the world, that's for sure. >> sir, i want to ask you this. are you sure now, when you're giving up this money, it is

going to save these two teachers? it's not like they can move the money around somewhere else and maybe the teachers will still lose jobs. you want to make sure it specifically goes to save these jobs? >> absolutely. and there is some local control there, you know, within the school. you kind of build your own budget. so i'm pretty secure that everything will be in place next year. as i said, the shortfall will be in the leadership that's going to be provided there. and that's going to make for a tough road. but at least all of the teachers are there who are excellent and will at least continue to provide the quality education that they have been in the past. >> dr. angelo milicia, sir, it is so good to talk to you this morning. great story. get the message out to just how underfunded a lot of school districts are and how painful some cuts that have to be made are, but you're giving up the salary, $180,000, to save two jobs.

so glad you could jump on the line and talk to us. good luck to you in your retirement. >> thank you so much, t.j., i appreciate it. >> all right. we're at 18 minutes past the hour now. we're on the final day of the republican leadership conference. it's going on in new orleans. a lot of presidential hopefuls are there. we'll tell you who's getting all the attention. our deputy political director will join us just ahead. stay here. ♪ [ lane ] here's the trouble with most anti-wrinkle creams. the cream disappears but your wrinkles don't. ♪ introducing neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair. it has the fastest retinol formula available.

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somebody who spoke here last year at this conference and really wowed the crowd. what's different this time around, now he seems to be acting and sounding like a presidential candidate. he says he's considering a bid for the republican nomination, so all eyes will be on what he says today. he's also signing books before he speaks. it will be interesting to see what kind of reception he gets today and especially what he says today, t.j.. >> tell us, as well, you said most of the candidates are there. tell me about some of the highlights, if you will, of those candidates and who's getting a lot of attention. but also, remind us, and why it's important, about who is not there as well. >> reporter: yeah. who's not there. let's start with that. that would be mitt romney, who's not here. he's not attending this year. he won the straw poll here last year, but not attending this year. also not here is tim pawlenty, the minnesota governor. john huntsman was supposed to be here, called in sick, didn't make it. a lot of these candidates who aren't coming are saying they have scheduling conflicts. who was here? newt gingrich was pretty well received. yesterday you had a lot of pretty good receptions here to the speakers. we're talking about herman

kaine, the former godfather's pizza ceo. he really wowed the crowd. four-times standing ovations for him. ron paul, he got a loud, loud, loud applause as well. rick santorum had a pretty good speech. but overall, probably the biggest star yesterday was michele bachmann, the congresswoman from minnesota. here's a little taste of how it went yesterday. >> get ready, 2012, the tea party will be bigger than ever! because the tea party and all of america has one goal, and it's this, that barack obama will be a one-term president! >> but it is up to us, it is up to the people, it is up to the congress, it is up to all of us, and it's up to us to get a president that won't put up with this nonsense and won't go to war so carelessly. >> you mess with this road, you are messing with the united

states of america! they're our friends. >> i'm the only person who's announced for president who has said i immediately supported the ryan plan. >> about 2,000 republican activists and other pretty strong supporters of the party here. they're all voting in that straw poll. rick perry is not on the ballot in that straw poll, but he can be a write-in candidate. we'll stay tuned for the results of that straw poll a little bit later today. as i said, ron paul lost out to mitt romney last year by one vote. results this year should be pretty interesting, t.j.. >> paul steinhauser for us, a very busy -- not a busy room, but a busy conference there in new orleans. >> reporter: it will be. >> we'll check in with you again. paul, thank you, as always. also coming up here on "cnn saturday morning," a man collecting used hotel soap. why? to fight disease. we've got a cnn hero story for you next. ÷$r

now 24 minutes past the h r hour. now, recycling hotel soap. that's something many of us would never even probably think of. but one cnn hero is using the idea to save lives all over the world. >> a child of war can be simply described as a kid caught between a rock and a hard place. it's finding all your pieces and trying to put them back together. i do have something in common with these kids. you wake up every morning thinking, we're just trying to survive. sanitation is a priority. we have about 2 million kids that die of sanitation issues, mainly because they don't wash their hands.

i am derreck kayongo and i help people fight disease with better sanitation. do you have some soap for me? this is great. the issue is not the availability of soap, but the issue is cost. can they afford it? >> housekeeping! >> 800 million bars of soap that the hotels throw away in the u.s. alone every year. we're able to get a lot of soap which we can process and make brand-new soap out of it. we clean it, melt it, then cut it into finer bars, box it, and ship it. >> welcome! welcome! >> being here at kenya at this orphanage is coming full circle, but with good news. it's very good to have the bar of soap, but also to use it so they can fight off diseases. those are clean! >> very good. >> one of the things i've learned from the kids is a sense of resilience.

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part of your weekend here with us. give you a look at some of the stories that are making headlines right now. angelina jolie is in turkey to bring attention to refugee camps there. the actress is a united nations goodwill ambassador. she praised turkey for taking in close to 10,000 syrians who crossed the border to escape the chaos and violence in their own country. and there's been another setback at that damaged nuclear plant in japan. tokyo electric says it has temporarily stopped cleaning up contaminated water because of higher than expected radiation levels. the plant was damaged in that march 11th earthquake and tsunami. also, if you are only listening to the tv, i want you to stop and look at the tv for a moment. look at that picture. can you make out what's happening? this is from the vancouver riot that took place on wednesday. the couple laying in the middle of the street in the midst of all that chaos. this was, of course, after the canucks hockey team lost in the stanley cup. the couple says they were squeezed between police and the

rioters. >> started beating us with the shields, like, trying to get us to move. i don't know why, we weren't being aggressive towards them or anything like that. but eventually they passed over us, and that's when we were on the ground. and i was just -- she was a bit hysterical afterwards, obviously, and i was just trying to calm her down. >> i think people will be able to see that it's just a moment that happened to be on camera, and that -- it's not embarrassing at all. it's actually a really beautiful shot. >> yeah. and you might be wondering, why in the world are you laying in the middle of the street when it looks like, a lot of people thought, they were just, frankly, making out in the midst of everything. but no, the video i'm showing you now, at the bottom there, she was actually injured in the midst of the rioting. she was hurt. and was laying in the middle of the history, you can see, we have it highlighted here, where she was actually injured. her boyfriend, then comes to her side, just lays down next to her to comfort her and she was actually crying. she said she was hysterical so

he gave her just a kiss on the cheek to try to comfort her and that's what the photographer caught and that's the moment you're seeing. the young man's mother told the vancouver newspaper that her son is kind of a dreamer and said he wouldn't have even know there was a riot going on around him, quite possibly, but a beautiful moment we're able to share with you. also, a pretty nice moment happening right now at the u.s. open for a 22-year-old who is dominating right now. rory mcilroy. he has a great story right now, and he is breaking records set by tiger woods. also, eating healthy, sometimes people think, it costs a lot. well, it doesn't have to cost you a fortune. we've got a popular chef coming up, shows you how to shop smart nar balanced meal. you name it.

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all right. 36 minutes past the hour now. for republicans who want to be president, the week started in new hampshire with the cnn debate. and for many, it's ending in new orleans at the republican leadership conference. so who's doing well right about now, and what was it like in our weekend politics? joining me to talk some politics, one of our favorites -- no, not that guy. no, that's lainy mcallister. you know him well. looky, looky, looky.

look at who we have here, patricia murphy. we haven't seen her in quite some time, well, at least not here on our show, political analyst and founder of citizen jane politics. thanks for being for maria, who's normally here. we always start by asking, what was your political highlight of the week? patricia, what was it? >> my lowlight has been covering anthony webiner's trials and tribulations. but any highlight, demint telling ron paul about i used to think you're crazy, but i'm feeling a little crazy myself. >> lenny, what was yours? >> everybody plays the presidential blame game. i rhymed in honor of maria in week. >> all right. let's get started here. and patricia, i will start with you. it seems like she was the talk of the town this week. michele bachmann. how much did she do for herself in that performance in that new hampshire debate, that cnn debate? >> she did a lot for herself.

she is somebody for people who have been covering capitol hill, who know that michele bachmann does have a lot of substance to the rhetoric. and a lot of times, all we hear from her are the one-liners. sometimes they sound kind of crazy. sometimes they don't sound so crazy. in a capitol hill hearing, she is very substantiative, she's very knowledgeable. and i think this debate showed that side of her to the rest of the world. certainly the rest of the mainstream republican electorate. so she did a lot for herself. >> now, lenny, do you agree with that, that she really did do a lot for herself? is she just -- or were there such low expectations, maybe, even at that debate, and what's the pressure now to keep this up? >> no, she did an excellent job at the debate, and she finally killed this whole sarah palin or michele bachmann thing once and for all. she's shown that she's a woman, she has her by ten years, she has her by capitol hill experience, she's a tax attorney, and she finally showed the difference between what she can bring. and i think she's not necessarily going to be a presidential candidate. i think she showed what she can bring as a vp candidate. people are already talking about putting her that in that number

two slot. don't be surprised if she finds that niche there as we move forward. >> both of you agree there, michele bachmann did herself a lot of good, but did anybody hurt themselves at the debate necessarily on monday? >> oh, yeah. i'm going to the say that tim pawlenty hurt himself a lot. there was a moment in the debate where he could have criticized mitt romney, as he did on sunday. he criticized mitt romney a lot for his health care reform plans. he did not choose to criticize mitt romney to his face on monday night, and it looked very, very weak, very, very soft for tim pawlenty, who is known as being a little bit squishy among republican activists. if you listen to republicans, they want somebody who will take the fight to obama. and if tim pawlenty won't take the fight to mitt romney, he won't do it -- >> do you agree with that, lenny? john king was giving him every opportunity. look that man in the face, and he wouldn't do it. >> there's a proper way of criticizing somebody, in the media, but also face to face. the next question is, if you can't criticize mitt romney, you

won't criticize president obama, but further, if you can't criticize president obama, how are you going to stand up to ahmadinejad when it comes to nuclear weaponry. how are you going to stand up to north korea and chinese when it comes to the economy? if you don't have thebo backbon in these hard economic and political times, how are you going to lead america back to a place of prosperity? i think tim pawlenty took a big step back and it will be very hard to take that step back forward. >> i want to play a couple bits of sound, one from president obama and one from mitt romney. both seemed to make jokes as they were making comments out and about this week. let me start with mitt romney who was talking to a voter, and trying to really empathize with that voter about nothing have a job. let's listen to that one first. >> well, i should also tell my story. i'm also unemployed. >> people criticize him, saying, of course, this man is worth millions and millions of dollars. he made a little joke about being unemployed.

that got some criticism. let's turn to the president now, who also made a bit of a joke and laughed a bit when he was talking about shovel-ready jobs. listen to this. >> i'm sure that when you implemented the recovery act, your staff briefed you on many of the challenges of the permitting process and the impact on putting americans back to work, and that's exactly what we see in american business as well. >> shovel-ready was not as shovel-ready as we expected. >> the president laugh there had a bit. other people in the room laughed as well. lenny, let me start with you on this one. moments like this, will political opponents capital iiz on them? are they that big of a deal? or can these things come back and haunt you when you're not being viewed as being sensitive enough to the tough times that individuals in this country are going through? >> politicians will capitalize on this for a little while. the american people need to remember this and move forward. when you have two million nars laughing about the plight of

everyday americans, it should make americans realize, if you don't get the political game out of the hands of the rich, the wehle and the famous, you'll continue to have the same results coming from your political system. this should symbolize from both sides of the aisle, more than everything else, it is time for the everyday american to get more engaged with politics and go back to washington, go back to their state capitals, get back to politics and reclaim america from both sides of the aisle. this was disgusting from both ends as far as i'm concerned. >> you agree with that? strong words from lenny, kind of surprised me, he said it's disgusting to hear both of these comments. >> i'm going with lenny. mitt romney is not the unemployed, he's the idle rich, he hasn't had a job for five years. neither of these topics are funny. it's not funny that 9% of people are unemployed and not funny that we've spent $9 trillion on stimulus and don't have jobs to show for it. that's why both of these lines fell flat, and will come back to haunt these men. it's so tone-deaf, and joking

about the problems don't make them better. >> both of you, yes, no, boehner and obama playing golf, anything substantiative going to come out as far as deal making? patricia? >> no. >> lenny? >> no. >> okay, lenny, good to see you. patricia, thanks so much for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> good to see you, enjoy the rest of your saturday. also, as i turn, going to be turning to sports. joe carter sitting next to me. do we have this live picture of what's happening in boston right now? they are getting ready, i think, in just a few minutes, joe, they're about to kick off this victory parade for the stanley cup. they're bringing it back to boston. boston's had a good run here the past several years of championships, whether it's basketball, baseball, the patriots up there as well, and now the bruins bringing this back. so hopefully we see a different scene in the streets here than

we saw in vancouver. joe carter with hln sports here with a couple of different stories. one, part of my favorite video of the day where a world class athlete doesn't look so athletic when he switches up sports. but first, the u.s. open. a young fella doing his thing. >> i thought golf was supposed to be boring without tiger woods, not supposed to be a lot of dramatic story lines. but here we have the young man, the irishman who's been compared in so many ways to tiger woods, rory mcilroy providing dramatics at this year's u.s. open. through 36 holes, this young man is now at 11 under par. he has a six-shot lead, and no golfer in the 111-year history of the u.s. open tournament has ever played such flawless 36 holes of golf. even phil mickelson, a four-time master major champion is impressed by the play of the young irishman. but golf fans know, it wasn't too long ago back in april at the masters, rory mcilroy had the lead going into the final nine holes and completely imploded.

hit balls into the clubhouse, into the creek. went from 1st to 15th and everybody said, oh, man, he completely let the wheels fall off the wagon. is he going to do it this week? he's got 36 holes to play. the pressure's certainly got to be mounting. he left the course yesterday. he'll get back on the course at 3:50 today, which by my estimation is about 25 hours of time for a lot of thought toos o through your head. i'm no sports psychologist, but you've got to think the pressure is mounting on him. >> you said he was taking it easy and getting away from golf? >> i read he was going to take in a movie, to take his mind off things. he'll practice a little bit today, get on the range, play, probably try to keep as loose as possible, but he's probably remembering those last nine holes at the masters. >> joe, get me to the video of the day. okay, everybody, stop and look at the tv for a second if you're just listening. >> john wall, number one overall draft pick for the washington wizards in 2010, now the washington wizards is an nba

team. he's not going to be playing baseball anytime soon. he was asked to throw out the ceremonial first pitch yesterday at the nationals game, and well, he says his arm got cold because of the one hour and change rain delay. john, your arm was ice cold. just don't quit your day job. >> we have seen some bad ones over the years, and lord knows this has to be very difficult, and i've never had to do this, but that is one of the worst i've ever seen. >> it's 60 feet, you've just got to get it to him. it doesn't have to be pretty, just get it there. >> joe, thanks so much. a quick break. [ male announcer ] to the 5:00 a.m. scholar.

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that out? >> well, it's amazing, t.j., how something like that can really change your perspective on things. i always had been a chef that was trying to buy from farmers and supporter a more local food system, all that good jazz, because both my parents were farmers. but when chris was diagnosed and my wife and i started looking into what we could do for chris to give him his best long-term outcome, we started discovering things like type 2 diabetes and how terribly pervasive it is, especially in america's underserved urban and rural communities. i changed the way i cooked, changed my understanding about how food really affects more than just environmental health, but also human health, societal health, economic health, all that good stuff. it really changed my outlook on life. and eventually led to the founding of wholesome wave. >> i want to ask you about that in a second. but help people understand, talk about going to farmer's market, you can't find them in a lot of places, and getting that fresh food and good food, and sometimes people often translate

that into more expensive food. help people find that balance. what advice would you give them right now? >> first of all, i would say, go to the markets. if you go to localfood.org, there are now over 7,000 farmers markets in the united states. when you folks get there, you hear the rumors about the $5 a pound heirloom tomato, and those are certainly at some markets, but you can find amazing kale and radishes and long beans and snap beans, wonderful stuff that's not that much more expensive. the cdc did a study that showed overall that the price of fresh produce at farmers markets isn't that much more than a grocery store. sometimes it's just getting there. just go and check it out. you'll find, i think people would be really surprised. >> and i want you to wrap things up for me by explaining to people what wholesome wave is. >> well, what we do at wholesome wave is we raise money to double the value of snap benefits, formerly known as food stamps, and other food assistance benefits if people from underserved communities who have

these benefits choose to spend them at a farmers market on locally grown fruits and vegetables. it increases affordability of healthier foods, and then gives that extra revenue to farmers who are often an underserved community in and of themselves. many of our farmers are actually on snap benefits or food stamps. >> all right. michel nischan, appreciate you taking the time with us. so good to talk to you. you enjoy your weekend. >> thank you, t.j.. >> our eatocracy coverage continues in our 2:00 hour, when andrew zimmerman, the host of travel channel's "bizarre foods" is going to join fredricka. you can find out more about what's making news in the world of food at cnn.com/eatocracy. i'm right back after a quick break. stay here.

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as we go cross-country now, take a look at this story. kind of an interesting one. it's got a lot of people talking. this is one that our affiliate is covering. look at this. >> my parents were actually not even below my knees, below my buttocks, you know. they were slightly below my waist. >> a bit of a sag, maybe. this is in san francisco, where a college athlete who is on a flight to new mexico got booted off the plane. not just that, he got arrested after he refused to pull up his pants. deshon marmin is his name. the pilot had